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In my dreams, kids who got homework. will rush home to open their PC ad go to my site, to make their homework there. It's a fun place to be in. Not only do you get to play with your homework, you get…Continuer

HelloI am opening this discussion hoping to start a fresh idea. I want this to be a list of congratulations, complements and good wished - all positive - to wish on all people, of all nationalities,…Continuer

The state of Israel will be marking its 60th independence day on May 8th.A week later groups of Israeli citizens, with Israeli passports, who are Arabs will mark their 60th grief day, for the same…Continuer

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Currently working on... or what's that got to do with education?

Just launched my startup - www.saveby.com; - and it has nothing to do with education. Or does it?

Officially - not. Saveby is a platform for self-serve group shopping. I hope the going through this startup will help me reach my next startup, my education related startup, which requires a much larger investment.

But - what does it have to do with education? In a way, Saveby is attempting to educate and change the way people do shopping today. Changing shopping habits seems a lot easier then changing education paradigms. Perhaps this is because the shopping arena was never something as constructed as the education system (or systems, where ever they are). Shopping, market places, in the most part, was run by the people, the mass, the mob, the market forces. They are those who drive the prices of tomatoes up or down. But when it comes to education, the market forces are paralyzed by the governments control. The voices of the clients - that is the students and their parents, isn't heard. Even those at the front of the shop - the teachers and principals lack the real power to change.

But I hope that things are starting to change. The internet is slowly but surely shifting more power to the people and more people are voicing their opinions, desires and intentions. I listen to these voices every Tuesday when I join #edchat on twitter, and almost every day in discussions on FiresideLearning. Hope to see you there too.

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I am being criticized for trying something new.
For establishing my own network.
That's a pity. I was actually hoping for encouragement.
My network is not "a project". It is experimental, as there are no networks attempting to do the same that I know of.
What my network is trying to do is to connect mostly students from different countries to collaborate on their homework and studies.
Since various countries have different syllabus, not to mention different cities and… Continuer

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I have a vision where students connect with their peers from around the world. Why? Because it's interesting. It's challenging to create global friendships, across cultures and across seas. And it's interesting to learn what other are studying. Even the very precise studies, like math, are not exact all over the world. Sometimes you need help figuring out a problem and someone from across the world, who studied it in a different way, will offer that different angle that opens your eyes. This is… Continuer

Prolog:When I began my journalistic career I had to write 3 test stories. One was an interview with a starting mime name Eno (Hanoch) Rosen. He was 23 at the time and chose a very unusual profession for himself. Now he is one of the leading directors of musicals and theatre shows in Israel.
The second was a story about the fishermen at the port of Haifa. I joined them at 4AM and covered a working day.
The third was a research about Itamar Ben-Avi, the eldesto son of Eliezer…Continuer

Pride / By Dahlia Rabokovits
Even rocks break, I am telling you
And not for old age.
Many years they lie on their backs through heat and cold
So many years
They almost seem peacefull.
They do not move and so the cracks are hidden
Sort of pride.
Many years go by with expectation.
Who is about to praise them has still not come.
And the mold flourishes, seaweed excited and the sea comes and goes
And they seem unmoved
Until a little seal… Continuer

Hi Or-Tal,
Kiriati (greek background?) ~ sorry for my late and short reply; as I am very busy at the moment I just wanna say I will check out more of your contributions to our common networks and go in deeply; surely a one-sided view is never helpful and I am very eager to get through the jungle of informations and I am quite good in that - at least I feel I am on the right way ...

Hello there :) ( I thought you were a child, you have a baby face :P )
yes, My name is Shanie, it comes from " Shania", when I use it as my msn id name, I made a mistook that wrote "a" as " e", I have no idea what it means either, but I like it. what does "Shanie" mean in Hebrew language? I really want to know.
Or-Tal, Nice to meet you. ( I first see this kind of name, Franch or Israeli name?)